Vegetable cutter



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sept. 1s, 1923. M6854@ C. RUSSO VEGETABLE CUTTER Filed May 25 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet l w r\{\ WITNESS: ATTORNEY Sept. 18

C. RUSSO VEGETABLE CUTTER Filed May 25, 192s s sheets-sheet 2 QQ INVENTQR AT TORNEY INVENTOR 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 WITNESS ATTORNEY State of Ohio, have invented new rais-.ies sentie, i923.

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cALoGEno Russe, or -"CLEVELAND, ori-io.

vnsnraisnn CUTTER.

'Application inea `nay 25.1923. seriali ivo. 641,456.

subject of the King of Italy, residing at the county of Cuyahoga and and useful of Cleveland, in

Improvements in Vegetable Cutters, which the following isa` speciiication. Y This invention relates to a vegetable cutter, the general object of the invention being to providea plurality of knives for cutting the vegetables into small pieces with means for connecting all the knives or certain groupsl onset-s ot 'knives to an' actuating member' so into particles of vario'us'siz'esasfdesired.

'Aiiother object of the invention is 'to provide two sets of knives, one set being of dittereiit shape than the other set with means toi" connecting all of the knives of one set vmember which engages the knives.

or cei-tainniimbers of such knivesV to the actuating member.

Anotheiobge'ct of the invention is toso arrange the partsthat the knives can be f made to cut the vegetables on both the forr ward and `rearward movement so that it is not necessary to return the knives` to their starting Vpoint in order to cut a second Vvegetable or number of vegetables.

.Ai further objectot the invention is to locate the surfaces forsupporting the. ar-

V.ticles to' be cut above the limit ot movement vot the knives so as to permit the knives to pass entirely through the articles and also to iacilitatecleaning of suc-h surfaces. V:l'lhis invention also consists in certain other features of' construction and inthe Y combination and arrangement of the several ure Jarts; to be hereinafter fully describech illus- Jrated inthe accompanying drawings and specificallypointed; out inV the appended claims. f 1

ln describing mii-invention indetail7 retnce will'be had to the accompanying swings whereinlike characters 'denote like orV corresponding parts throughout the vsevriews;` and i'nwhich: f

VVVjure l isa Figure 2 is a section on line22 of Fid- A :n 1 Y p A z:

I Figure S is a section on lineVA 3'-3 ofFigsectioncn line i-Ll of Figure 2. Y

that the vegetables can be out into receive the slots form stops y either 'a vertical or horizontal position. The

section on linel-l of Fig-V strips 7 V"so that they will extend Figure l() is a section online 10-10 ol.

Figure 9,

Figure l1 is a view of another moditication, parts being shown 'in section and parts in elevation.

Figure l2 is a' sectionA on line l2-12 of 'Figure ll.

Figure 1.3 is a fragment-ary perspective view ot the member to which the handle is attached.;`

l Figure 'i4 -is a similar view of the inner Figure 15is a section on line 15-15 of Figure 11. i

Figure 1G is a view of a modiiied form of the device.`

AFigure 17 is a transverse `sectional view otone of the knives. I

Figure 'i8 is a view showing another form of knife :which may be used with the device. p

In these views 1 indicates a casing which is the shape of a quaiterot a. circle and has the supports 2 upon yits `lat faces so that either one of the hat faces can be used as a base.` The casing is closed at one end and hasv a sliding cover 3 at its other, end, Vthis cover being pivoted to the casing by means a tube 6 which has three quarter slots thereknives.v The ends of the Jfor holdingthe knives in slots are so formed that the knives make a snug lit therein and the walls of the slots rictionally engage the knives and `hold themin their adjusted position. Corrugated casing and are spacedapart to receive the knives between them. The corrugations are of greater depth than the width of the knives above the knives aiidthus form a support Jfor the articles to Figure 6 is a section on lined-' of Figareplaced on the flat faces of the ends of the knives extend.V rIhree ol" the Y knives are providedwith the extensions 9 Y and these extensions pass through an inner trough-shaped member 10 andan outer trough-shaped member 11 with the ends ot the -outer extensions bent oven-as at 9', to

hold the* outer extension in position. A

handle 12 isrotatably connected with the finner member -is moved in the outer member` of sockets 17. one

f .in the casing then the'door 3 `the handle swung over to horizontal posi' -to form guides handle is swnngto the right or inner member can be adjusted so that only .outer member by means ofthe bracket 13 and said handle has a threaded socket to receive the threadcdstem 14 of the innerY member so that by rotating the handle the towards Aand away from the ends of the knives.-V The extended end of the central knife extends into the slots 15 formed in the ste-m 14. The outer member is provided with extensions 16 at its sides which are of the same length as the ends of the member so as for the innerV member. f The inner member is provided with aL4 plurality foreach knife. VThe front and rear wallsof these sockets are made of varying lengths so that by adjusting the-Yin- `ner member all the knives will be engaged by the sockets so as to be moved wnenthe certain kniveswill be engaged by the sockets` actuated by the handle, and the other knives remain stationary. Then lthe inner member is initszraised position' only the three knives which are these knives bein g when the handle` is moved to the right or lett.V It will thus be seen that'by this arrangement of parts the articles can be cut to-'alrnost any size desired. For instance7 when nthe vegetable is to be cut Vinto large pieces the inner member is raised to its full height so-y that only three knives will be actuatedand thus thearticle will be eutinto four pieces. Bv partly lowering the inner member the full lengthsockets will engage their knives so that the :article will be cut into agreater number of pieces. By moving-the inner member to a lower position other sets of knives will'be brought into Vaction'and-bv movingthe .inner member `to its lowest position into-faction; j j c c Y The article or articles to be cut are placed is closedfand tion, after Erst rroving the inner member to engage the number of, knives desired. The door isthen-opened and the out material Vdumpedi'rom the casing and then other articlescan be placed-in the casing and the knives returned to their normal position so The rounded side ofV left ortho. Y

blades 'of the first set and in order pro- Y Vvided `with the extensions 9 will be actuated .ofthe outer member, formed by front and rear projections 22'A all the knives will be-broughtv Yas to out these articles. rlhe casing is turned over upon its other tlatside vso that the new articles will rest upon the corrugated strips on this face of the casing.' In this way there fis no loss of motion of the knivesf member in fully Iligure 2 shows the inner raised position'so that three knives will be actuatedwhen the handle is moved. Figure 5 shows the inner member` partly lowered so that every fourth blade or knife will be actuated by the movement of the handle.A F igure 8 shows theinner member in its lowest ,positionlsothat all the knives or blades will be actuated by the movement of the handle. e In the -ornr ofV the invention shown in .Figures V9 and' 10 theupper ends jot the blades are made of j shown at jrinstead of providing sockets of Y different lengths in the inner member. The" different lengths, as

rontand rear walls of `this inner member 1 0V are of the samejlength so that as it is adjusted downwardly by the handle it willl lirst .engage the long blades and then the intermediateblades and linally the short blades.

In other respects `this form of the inventionV is similar-to that' before describedl 5^ In the modification shown in Figures 11` 12,-13,.1t and 15 I proviee twosets of bladesjgone set shown vat 1 5, beingof .straightformation and the other set, shown at 5`^ being ofV waved form.' this latter set are arranged between the Y Y to permit ,the inner ,member `10V i to engage the blades ot' both sets ;it is arranged to have The ,blades 0i" longitudinalV movement in the outer member .b v means of' threadedstud 19`which is secured. to one end of the inner member andV which projects through 'aslotV 2O inV the outer member. A stud Qlissecured totheotherend or" the .innermemberand extends tlnough a similar slot in the other end of the outer. member. Y In this way the inner 'member 'can have longitudinal movementas well as movement towards'and away Vfrom the top which are of diiiercnt lengths so `as to enable the inner Vmemberto engage Vf liii'erent numbers of thebl'ades of each set. adjusting'the inner member longitudinally the projections can be made to engage the blades of either set and bymoving it ver tical-ly it can bemade to engagethe desired number oft blades of the set, In this' form oithe invention V nectedwith the side pieces 23 which Vhave their lower-lends pivoted to the bolt or shaft a, these side-pieces passingA 'through slots in the casing.

c The-blades havefboth edges beveled so that they will cut on both the forwardand rearward stroke. as shown in Figure 17,` and The sockets are the outermember isvcouthe nut 18j iengagingV a Y Y device. For instance, I'may use blades such A as' shovvn at 24 in Figure 18 'for Vcutting the material into strips, 4it being understood the knives would move in a halit circle and the supporting surfaces for the articles would be cut to be at the bottom of the-casing. The door v would be hinged at'its top, as shown at 27.

Instead of making the supporting surfaces for the articles to be cut ot ccrrugated form Vmay make the base flat and place pins QSV-thei'eon for supporting the articles,

the knives passing between the pins. This form is shown in Figure 7.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the device is'easily vadjustable to b ing various sets of knives into actuation so thatt-he article can be Cut-r into almost any size desired. The knives will cut articles on both strokes sorthat lost movement is avoided. By making the inner member adjustable in tvvo Ways tivo sets of knives can be placed i desired number of inthe device With means -tor bringing the ,knives ot each set into actuation.V The-inner member is, easily and quickly adjustable y't-'urning the handle and the said handle is used tor actuating the knives. L 1

. lt is Vthought trom ythe' foregoing description that-the advantagesand novel features ot invention will be` readily app-arent.

l desire it to be understood"y that I may make changes in theY construction and in the with all the knives offeither setor with fr 'no combination and arrangement oit the severa )arts )rovided that such changes tall Withl i l e Y in the scope of the appended claims.

that I claim is l. A cutter of the class described comprising a support, a plurality otknives movably connected-With thesupport, a handle and adjustable means torl connecting the handle with-.all the knives or With difierentnumbers of knives as desired. l

. 2.V A cutter of the class described comprising a support, a number of different sets ot knives movably connected therewith, a handle-.and means forconnecting the handle different numbers of such knives.

3. A cutter ot theV class described comprising a casing, a plurality ofV knives pivoted therein, a handle for actuating the knives, a member, meansfor adjusting the member by a rotary movement ofthe handle'andV means carried by the member for connecting it with all the knives or With differentV Vnumbers ot Vsuch knives.

fl. A cut-ter of the class described comprising Va casing, a number of setsV ot knives plvotally mounted 1n thecafsmg, the knives ot one set beingoi diierent shapejfrom able member longitudinally to place it over the different .sets of knives and m-eans carried by the member tor engaging different numbers of each set of knives` when it is adj usted. by the handle.

5. A cutter of the class described compris-v ing a casing having a plurality oit slots therein, a Vplurality of knives pivotally mounted in the easing and having their ends extending through the slots, supports in the casing i'or the articles to be cut, the supports being arranged to permit the knives to pass between them, a guiding member, a handle rotatably mounted thereon, a socketed memberWithin the guiding member, the sockets being or' diti'erent depths for engaging either ot the knives or different numbers of the knives and means for adjusting the member by the rotary movement ofthe handle; Y

6. A cutter of the class described compris- Ving a casing having a.V plurality of slots therein,'a shaft carried by the casing` a plural-ity of knives pivoted to the'shaiits and having-their ends passing through the slots, a channel-shaped member connected with some of theknives, a handle rotatably connected With the channel-shapedV member, a socketed member Within'the channel-shaped member having its sockets or" different lengths for engaging diii'erent knives and means Jfor adjusting the socketed member by the rotary movement ot the handle.

7. A cutter of the class described comprising a casing having a. plurality of slots therein, a shaft carried by the casing. a plurality ot knives pivoted to the shattsand having their ends passing through the slots, a channel-shaped member connected With 'some of the knives, a handle rotatably con-` i 8. A cutter o the class described comprising casing, a plurality ot knives pivotally mounted therein, a channel-shaped member, a handle rotatably connected therewith, a socketed member in the channel member, the sockets being ot different lengths for engaging different knives, means for adjusting the socketed member by the rotary movement ot the handle and means for moving the sock-l eted member longitudinally to place Vit over diderent sets ot knives, such means consisting ot a threaded stud passing through a slot in the channel member. and a nut e11- gagjing' the stud. Y

9. A cutter of the character*described comprising a casing. of quarter circle formation, and havingitsrounded side provided with a speciecL plurality of slots terminating adjacent each Y,

' end `thereof, Vsupports projecting from the .corners of the Het faces ofthe easing Where` by either ofthe fialfzices may bensed for a base, double edgedfknives operating vin thev 10 s1ots;zind;being secured the rearfbottom Corner of thelcasing as ,and foi-' thepurpose In testimonyiwheeof ,I `siginizi-tuin.

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